Category: Meatless Monday
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Tony Gonzalez, the 247 lb vegan
From an article I have kept for 3 years: Ref: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120122116182915297.html NFL star Tony Gonzalez is out to answer a question: Can a football player live entirely on plants? By REED ALBERGOTTI January 25, 2008; Page W1 The protein-rich bounty of the football training table is supposed to grow the biggest and strongest athletes in professional sports. Kansas City…
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Breakfast for absolutely lazy people (or, breakfast for dummies)
Today is a public holiday, so I’m off. The other three members of my human family are in professions where there are no public holidays (husband – airlines, son – airlines, daughter – hospital), so they are all at work and I’m home alone. Being the lazy cook that I am, it’s going to power…
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Food for thought on a Sunday morning
This is an absolutely personal reflection and opinion, but I’d like to invite you for your thoughts on this. I know of many humans who indulge in the pleasures of eating. Eating is not only a past-time for them, but it’s an indulgence. They LIVE TO EAT. They would drive kms far away just to…
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It’s Friday…how about a Veggie Friday today?
Here’s something to inspire you….Let’s hear it from vegetarians over 50 who have done it for decades: http://features.peta.org/petaprime/sexiest-veg-over-50-2011/Winners.aspx?utm_source=PETA%2BE-Mail&utm;_medium=E-News&utm;_campaign=Sexy%2BVeg%2BOver%2B50%2BWinners%2BFeature Source: http://www.timetogoveggie.com/ttgv/index.html
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New book this week!!
Hi everyone,My latest book, “Do We Have a Choice?” will be delivered end of this week. Thanks to the generosity of sponsors, we managed to print 10,000 copies, all for free distribution. Here’s a synopsis of the book: Have you often wanted to reduce your meat consumption? In this little booklet, Chan Kah Yein shares with…
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Becoming a pescetarian?
It’s pronounced “pes-ke-ta-rian”, and it means people who add fish and seafood to their vegetarian diet. See this: http://www.healthytheory.com/why-be-pescetarian-0If you’re game on reducing your meat consumption, why not try being a pescetarian first? Pescetarians are not vegetarians, but at least they give up on eating land animals (pig, chicken, cow, goat, deer, rabbit, dog, cat, etc.)If you’re…
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China bans dog-eating carnival – thanks to online protests
A friend, KT, shared this; it’s from Reuters: China bans dog-eating ‘carnival’ after online uproar BEIJING, Sept 21 – The Chinese government has banned a traditional carnival in the east of the country in which dogs are eaten after being chopped up alive in the street following a public uproar that the festival…
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Atrocious delicacies in China
Whenever there is atrocious news about food, it always seems to come from China.A friend sent me photos (which I shall not reproduce here, because it took me two days before I dared look at the photos – you can probably google for them if you do a word search on “waxed dogs and cats…
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“Do we Have a Choice?” (new book!)
I have written a new book, entitled “Do we Have a Choice?”. It has 19 chapters and 18 are dedicated to encouraging the reader to EAT LESS MEAT; not become a vegetarian, but just to EAT LESS MEAT. One chapter talks about other forms of cruelty like vivisection, etc. The book has been reviewed by…
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Simply give…at simplygiving!
Leona Liman wrote to me last night. She would like AnimalCare to be registered at simplygiving.com so that we can receive more funds for our work. Apparently, it is a FUN way to raise FUNds. Sounds fun, doesn’t it? We’re already registered, so here’s where you can donate to us by doing fun things….please do…
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How about adopting a Veggie Thursday?
It’s Thursday!Read this: http://www.goodpaper.sg/veggie-thursday-is-born/29 organisations in Singapore have endorsed a Veggie Thursday project. It’s so easy to do.1. Go veggie for one meal – you can still buy chap-fan, but choose only the veggie dishes, minus the meat.2. Encourage your friends to do it. Why go veggie? (reasons given in no particular order)a. To save the animals.b.…